The beginning of Fall always provides an apt reminder of  the Greek myth of Persephone  (as the Romans called her “Proserpine, or Proserpina”), whose fateful tale became an explanation for the change in seasons during ancient times.
Persephone was a big deal from the start- she was  borne from the union of two A-listers, her father [...]

Francisco Goya’s passion for his homeland was both a great strength and weakness. It created an intensity in his work  that carried this once scrappy youth from the barren rural outpost of Aragon to a long and illustrious career as the official court painter to the Royal family in Madrid. His powerful depictions of Spanish [...]

A modern look at a timeless masterpiece, Sandro Botticelli’s “La Primavera”